Yes, it is part of the proper name for the location. It should be capitalized.
The large desert in northern Chile is the Atacama Desert. The Atacama is the driest non-polar desert in the world.
The Atacama Desert is a cool, exceedingly dry desert.
The Atacama Desert is located in northern Chile, southern Peru and small parts of Bolivia and Argentina.
The coldest desert is the Patagonian Desert and the driest is the Atacama Desert.
Both the Atacama Desert and the Antarctic Desert share the honor as the driest on earth. The Antarctic is a polar desert and the Atacama is a cool coastal desert - both classified as cold deserts.
The Atacama is a cold coastal desert.
Yes it is located in the Atacama Desert.
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That would be the Atacama Desert in northern Chile.
The Atacama is a desert in northern Chile.
No current passes through the Atacama Desert but the Humbolt, or Peruvian Current, passes just off shore and has a great influence on the climate of the Atacama.
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